Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 564 residents in Co. Tipperary.
Clogheen takes 5.5 years of the median household income to buy the median home, at €222,200. 20 of its buildings are on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Walking, cycling and public transport carry just over one in ten commuters. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Clogheen isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Clogheen does most differently from other towns.
2 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clogheen.
100% of its homes sit in high-radon areas, above both Co. Tipperary’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%). No part of Clogheen is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Next to none of its homes lie low beside a river or the sea.
| Share of homes | Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
A July afternoon in Clogheen typically reaches 20.2°C. The year’s mean temperature is 10.4°C, higher than Co. Tipperary’s towns (10.1°C) and near Irish towns (10.3°C). This Co. Tipperary town sees January nights of 2.7°C on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 20.2°C | 19.8°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,111 mm | 1,037 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.4°C | 10.1°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.7°C | 2.3°C | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
For its ages, Clogheen has 142 people in bad health for every 100 expected, near Co. Tipperary’s towns (145) and higher than Irish towns (113). Weighed against its ages, disability here runs at 106 per 100 expected. Disability touches 26% of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 86% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.3% | 2.6% | 2% |
| With a disability | 26% | 25% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
62% of households own their home, higher than Co. Tipperary’s towns (55%) and near Irish towns (61%). Social renters account for 19% of households.
| Housing | Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €222K | €225K | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 19% | 18% | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 62% | 55% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area E21, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Walkers have 0.3 km per km² of paths and tracks, close to Co. Tipperary’s towns (0.5 km per km²) and below Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Among the protected sites near Clogheen is Lower River Suir SAC.
| Outdoors | Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 6.4% | 2.8% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.3 km per km² | 0.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
The heaviest rain of the week is due on Monday, around 4 mm. Clogheen’s November average makes a useful yardstick: afternoons reach 11°C, nights fall to 5°C. Expect a dry, calm day today: wind no stronger than 19 km/h, and 6°C at the coldest.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 336 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 5°C | 234 mm |
| Summer | 20°C | 11°C | 215 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 7°C | 326 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Commutes averaged 31 min, higher than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (23.4 min) and Irish towns (27.6 min). At the census, 80% of commuters went by car. Households take home €40,560 a year before tax, on average.
| Census 2022 | Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 31 min | 23.4 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €40,560 | €46,245 | €57,760 |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 32% | 49% | 31% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 70% | 67% | 68% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, below both Co. Tipperary’s towns (24%) and Irish towns (36%). People aged 15 to 24 are 7.8% of the population. Foreign-born residents make up 20% of the population.
47.7% of Clogheen’s residents are women
269 women and 295 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 18% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 33% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 22% | 24% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Tipperary and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Clogheen is run by Tipperary County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. No party holds a majority on Tipperary County Council: Independent lead with 14 of 40 seats, short of the 21 needed. It sits in the Cahir local electoral area, which elects 4 councillors.
| Turnout | Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 58% | 56% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 61% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 sites here, lower than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (26) and Irish towns (11). Homes built before 1919 account for a quarter of the housing.
| Heritage | Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 355 | 126 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 24.7% | 7.1% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 2 | 26 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Within 3 km of Clogheen there is one school. Pupils at the school within 3 km of the town: 81.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clogheen Central N.S. DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 81 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Clogheen | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 50% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 8% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland doesn’t publish results for individual schools, so none of these carries a letter.
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Clogheen; these are the best known within 40 km.
Castle · Office of Public WorksCahir Castle12 km northeast
CastleRock of Cashel28 km north
CastleLismore Castle16 km south
AttractionMitchelstown Cave6.7 km northwest
Abbey or prioryMount Melleray Abbey14 km southeast
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksCahir Priory13 km northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
20 of Clogheen’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance. The national record lists 2 archaeological sites in and around the town.
4 notable people were born in Clogheen.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clogheen | 564 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cahir | 3,679 | 13 | A | A | B− | B+ |
| Lismore Waterford | 1,347 | 16 | — | B | B | C+ |
| Mitchelstown Cork | 3,744 | 19 | A− | A | C+ | B+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Clogheen is 45, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Clogheen had 564 people at the 2022 census, up from 526 in 2016: 7.2% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Tipperary
564 people live in Clogheen, in the area of Tipperary County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).